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What do you hate about linux? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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We love to praise linux constantly and tell everyone to change to it (they should) but what are your biggest annoyances ?

Mine would be, installing software (made even more complex by flatpaks being added, among the 5 other ways there already were to install software) and probably wifi power management issues.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Games that just open on Windows require extra work to play on Linux. Sometimes it's just a few extra clicks, sometimes it takes a whole afternoon to figure it out, especially if you're like me and not very experienced with Linux.

[–] finix_the_psyker@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

I love gaming on my Linux machine, and for the most part it is a pleasant experience. By far the worst outcome is when an update breaks a game that was working perfectly fine. This seems to happen regularly, especially with online games.

[–] kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious what games you're playing. Back when I started using linux regularly (~2017) this was absolutely the case, and even for a few years after proton first released it still was. But my experience now is games fall on either two extremes of working out of the box or being completly unplayable.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I just ran into a new crop of problems with Linux games.

Apparently Unity 5.4.0 has a bug where it will crash (or rather close the game) if Chrome is running. (Or any Electron app like oh, say … Steam) Kudos to Unity for fixing it, but shame a bunch of old Linux-native games will never get fixed.

https://discussions.unity.com/t/bug-in-unity-when-running-chrome-on-linux/646017

[–] kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

I'm curious what games you're playing. Back when I started using linux regularly (~2017) this was absolutely the case, and even for a few years after proton first released it still was. But my experience now is games fall on either two extremes of working out of the box or being completly unplayable.